tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4636610798761076656.post4531779422368482634..comments2023-08-17T16:02:43.630+00:00Comments on Geothinking: CLIMATE CHANGE FATIGUE? COVERAGE DOWN AGAIN IN 2011 !Benji Apraku Gyampohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01729050079427718870noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4636610798761076656.post-43894883413061698562012-01-12T15:24:43.617+00:002012-01-12T15:24:43.617+00:00Ken,
I agree that generally, the newspapers get c...Ken, <br />I agree that generally, the newspapers get circulated more in the urban areas. But there aren't any newspapers, for example in Ghana, that are published in the rural areas targeting the rural audience so the few who read newspapers in the rural areas would still have to read the same papers as those in the urban areas. Moreover, most radio stations transmitting in the local languages which are widely listened by the rural folks, review the newspapers and it is what is published that gets to the rural folks. On the "dont preach to the converts" phenomenon, I think if writers adopt this attitude in reference to writing about climate change to the urban population, then we are making a mistake. There is nothing like too much education, in my opinion. Come to think of it, most of the urban population are not so educated on climate change issues as we may want to believe. ON "whether a slump in newspaper publications translates into a slump in climate change action", it is an issue worth investigating.Benji Apraku Gyampohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01729050079427718870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4636610798761076656.post-80410460372656994012012-01-12T02:29:45.742+00:002012-01-12T02:29:45.742+00:00Interestingly, one thing I've noticed is that ...Interestingly, one thing I've noticed is that there seem to be more jobs in climate change this year than in years past. So perhaps universities and agencies are getting the message. Maybe the news accrues, rather than just seeping out of everyone's minds immediately.Cascadehttp://www.cascadesorte.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4636610798761076656.post-49209888810908923292012-01-11T15:52:11.518+00:002012-01-11T15:52:11.518+00:00We probably need to cautious interpretation of the...We probably need to cautious interpretation of the trend. For instance, it is possible that the 2009 peak coincided with awareness of a "sizeable" population? Second, newspaper publications target urban residents principally because most rural people in many developing countries cannot read or cannot afford a newspaper. It is therefore perfectly possible that a reduction in publications is a "dont preach to the converts" phenomenon. <br /><br />Probably, a better question to explore is whether a slump in newspaper publications translates into a slump in climate change action, especially since most microlevel climate work occurs in rural communities which lack or dont rely on editorials etc.<br /><br />whichever way we look at it, a demise of climate change action, not necessarily rhetorics, will be charting a course of fatalism.Ken Mensahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4636610798761076656.post-8008837924075393292012-01-11T14:26:57.960+00:002012-01-11T14:26:57.960+00:00Sure! Douglas, you have made a great point. Many t...Sure! Douglas, you have made a great point. Many things are competing for attention in a world overwhelmed with challenges. But I still encourage all of us not to give up, even in this state of affairs. We need to put on the pressure for all to act and save the situation.Benji Apraku Gyampohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01729050079427718870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4636610798761076656.post-37603150647093555462012-01-11T13:58:31.987+00:002012-01-11T13:58:31.987+00:00There is evidence everywhere for climate change. E...There is evidence everywhere for climate change. Even right here, where I am posting from. The dry season came one month early this year, the maize crop failed for everyone in my district. The glaciers in the Andes have almost completely disappeared. Portions of Antarctica are disappearing and the North Pole is thinning out. The northern United States was warm and dry on Christmas day. Methane gas is no bubbling up through ice in northern Siberia, an event that climatologists and geologists predicted a decade ago.<br /><br />I don't think people are ignoring climate change, I think people are demoralized because the world is having so many problems. We are not talking about climate change because we are talking about the collapse of the Euro, Syria, the Arab Spring, terrorism in Nigeria, the elections of 2012. <br /><br />As always, the rural farmer picks at the soil with his/her cutlass while the urban masses worry about their pockets. Nothing new, really. Bad timing, considering that the environment is changing at unprecedented levels.<br /><br />Some people say "where is God?" I say "where is humanity?"Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02114738789879896579noreply@blogger.com